In Orleans Parish, voters will decide on a new millage rate to help fund libraries. If the proposition is approved, it would mean an additional $54.81 annually on a $300,000 house with a homestead exemption.

Officials said if the proposition does not pass, services could be cut, hours limited and as many as seven libraries in New Orleans would close.

Elsewhere, decisions are being made in parishes, such as St. Bernard and St. John the Baptist. They include a millage rate increase on the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District and a proposition to help fund three buildings in St. John the Baptist Parish.

St. Bernard leaders said the Lake Borgne proposal requests 7.5 mills to generate an additional $2.5 million needed to inspect, operate and maintain the flood protection district system of levees, floodwalls, floodgates and pump stations.

In St. John the Baptist Parish, leaders said an extension of the existing millage will continue to fund the Percy Hebert Building, the Edgard Courthouse and the parish jail. It has been in place for nearly 20 years and provides approximately $450,000 annually.

Polls close at 8 p.m. Saturday. State officials said anyone in line at the time will be allowed to cast their vote.